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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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Kawasaki has recently revealed its computer-generated concept for the Corleo, a “robotic horse.” The video shows the automated equine galloping through

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[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Like, aside from all of the concerns about the practicality of it, why can't we just have weird shit? It's okay for things to be weird. It might be kind of fun. It might be kind of cool. Like, if I were at an amusement park and they offered a ride where you could ride these things, I would pay to ride one.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

We have horses, we have ATVs.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 hours ago

Yeah and we shouldn't be abusing and expoloiting horses

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 4 points 9 hours ago

But what if you want an ATV with legs, or a horse with wheels?